Course of dealing with cardiac arrest and stroke at the University of Health Sciences .... Al Jazeera - Localities: King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, represented by the Graduate Training Center, is organizing today an advanced cardiac resuscitation for life support (ACLS) course approved by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCH) at the Postgraduate Training Center in Riyadh, and it lasts for one day. Dr. Abdul Majeed Al-Abd Al-Karim, Vice President of the University for Postgraduate Studies and Academic Affairs, explained that the course is based on explaining the trainers that sheds light on the importance of team dynamics, communication skills, care systems and immediate care after cardiac and thoracic attacks, and it also includes an advanced cardiac resuscitation for life support (ACLS) management and treatment course Respiratory tract, pharmacology and related medicinal drugs. And Dr. Abdul-Karim stated that the participants in this course will also be trained in skills through large and small group sessions, through group learning methods and scenario testing stations. He said that the participants must succeed in demonstrating the competence of skills in all educational stations, passing the skills of CPR, automatic external defibrillator (AED), oxygen mask techniques, and passing the Mega code test and written exams in order to pass this course, pointing out that upon completion Students successfully receive an APLSP card valid for two years. The Vice-Chancellor for Postgraduate Studies and Academic Affairs indicated that the course is aimed at health care professionals who participate in treating cardiac and thoracic attacks and other cardiovascular emergencies, and this includes workers in emergency call response teams, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units.